Valerie O'Farrell

Personality: Valerie is a kind hearted young girl who will help anyone out regardless of who they are. She is incredibly loyal to her friends, resolutely refusing to abandon anyone regardless of the odds. He or she who stands with Valerie will be her brother or sister respectively. She is friendly and generally warm to everyone save those who had earned her ire. She likes to make jokes most of which are only funny because they are so bad. She likes mortals and finds it amusing as to their ignorance caused by the mist prevents them from seeing the horrors that are the monsters. She is brave though dislikes the night, not enough to have a phobia of it but one will have to talk to her first with a convincing argument before she will willingly enter a cave or tunnel.Flaws (three or more): Loyalty, will not abandon a friend, believes there is good in everyone no matter how evil, hates being the centre of attention, cannot stand being in confined spaces, prone to being sick on planes, phobia of swimming/drowning. Eye color: Dark BrownHair description: Long curly dark brown Height: Four foot nineSkin tone: WhiteEthnicity: Caucasian Body structure: Petite Other details?:

Place of Birth (city, state, country): Dublin, IrelandMortal Parent: Maria Robert O'FarrellGod Parent: ApolloAbilities (doesn't use energy to do): Similar to Meerkats she can looked into the sun without being blinded by it's glare and still see perfectly. However unlike Meerkats she doesn't have the dark marks around her eyes. Her power has the negative effect of her eyes taking twice as long to adjust to low light conditions than a mortal would and even then her eye sight at night is pretty poor. Natural skill with first aid and medicines. Powers (uses energy to do): She can heal a minor injury on an injured demigod, however afterwards she will be exhausted. Once per thread. Valerie can also heal a single major injury, however only partially and the effort will make her pass out for an unknown length of time.

Pets (if any): NA

History (four sentences or more): Valerie doesn't like to talk about her life before her arrival in Camp Jupiter, however she does tell the tale that led her to being who she is now. It started about sixty four years ago were Valerie was part of a quest of two other Demigods to hunt down a monster that dwelt in the desert near the gambling jewel that was Las Vegas. The three heroes left on their quest, Valerie daughter of Apollo, Max son of Mars and Fredrick son of Mercury. The three had been friends since when they first arrived in camp, despite their near constant bickering and endless fights between one another. The trio found their monster and fought hard to slay the beast, however the beast was far stronger than the heroes expected. Strong enough to turn the tables on the brave Demigods. None expected that their quarry was the infamous Nemean Lion. Slaying a Nemean Lion was no easy feat, even for three Demigods, all well armed, all well trained. It wasn't a quest though Fredrick often complained that he wished it was, instead of just a 'combat mission'. The Lion fought with unmatched ferocity and skill, fearless, determined and eager to kill three upstart half-bloods.

The battle was only won through Max's self sacrifice, he willingly took a lethal blow to leave their enemy open for his comrades. A sword thrust from Fredrick through the roof of the creature's mouth, thus bypassing the impenetrable skin. With the monster slain, the heroes were forced to leave Max's body where it fell as more monsters were on their way. It was an action that Valerie still regrets she allowed herself to leave a fallen friend behind, one who he saw as brother. Pursued by a determined band of monsters, the surviving two heroes fell back, attempting to disengaging and withdraw from the monster now hunting them. It took them several days and several desperate fights before they managed to escape, hiding in Vegas. Exhausted, weary, demoralised and injured, they made their fateful way to one of the casinos. The Lotus Hotel, here both heroes made the mistake of eating the flowers and thus remained trapped their for the better part of sixty four years. Finally she escaped though she had long lost Fredrick, maybe he escaped before she did? Or he remains trapped there to this day. With no clear answer, Valerie vowed to search for her lost brother and would one day return to Camp Jupiter with him.

She made the journey back to camp, however much had changed and the news that she had been gone for almost sixty four years struck her deeply. Everyone and everything she had known was gone. The monster that she and her companions fought so valiantly to slay might have reformed by now.

That is why Valerie is here today though, how she first came to Camp Jupiter began about sixty six years ago. A young girl forced to flee her home with mysterious wolves for allies and seek sanctuary in a far off land, in a camp built to train the heroes. She doesn't speak much of her old life, though when she does it is clear she misses her mother and the land she truly calls home. Valerie didn't get on too well with her mother, at best the pair held an icy truce and generally pretended to be a happy family around their friends and neighbours. Valerie didn't make too many friends in her own country, she struggled to, what with the dangers that seemed to be drawn to her.

At the tender age of twelve she began the perilous journey, first to the coast then across the oceans by boat till they reached the distance shores of the United States, which held their own dangers in the form of Mortals as well as monsters. The last leg of their journey was made by a mixture of riding on the back of cars, hitch hiking and generally walking the vast stretches until finally reaching the relative safety of Lupa and later Camp Jupiter itself. Fortune seemed to favour her as she did not suffer serious injury or any real attack for much of the journey. She happened to be quite lucky when compared to other Demigods making the same journey as Valerie did. Cohort: 1st CohortNotes:

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